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A period of hormonally controlled quiescence, especially in immature insects, characterized by cessation of growth and reduction of metabolic activity, often occurring seasonally or when environmental conditions are unfavorable.

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  • The last generation of the summer enters into a non-reproductive phase known as diapause and may live seven months or more.
  • The answer, says Hazel, is a clever feat of adaptation called diapause that allows butterflies to live through months of freezing weather.
  • "diapause" - in which their metabolism lowers and simultaneously, their freezing points, as they drop into dormancy or bug hibernation.
  • Some insects do this in the real world, it's called "diapause". starkraving on May 17, 2008
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